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Virginia Apgar (1909–1974) - Image
By: Anna Guerrero
| Published: Aug 12, 2021
During the mid-twentieth century, Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist and gave drugs to women that reduced their pain during c
Apgar ScoreNewborn infants--Medical examinationsNewborn infantsObstetricsInfant, Newborn
DONA International (1992– )
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Jun 25, 2018
In 1992, five maternal-infant health researchers founded Doulas of North America, later renamed DONA International to train certified birth…
OrganizationChildbirthObstetricsDelivery (Obstetrics)Natural childbirth
The Business of Being Born (2008)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Jun 09, 2018
In 2008, Barranca Productions released a documentary called The Business of Being Born, detailing the topic of childbirth. Ricki Lake and Abby…
LiteratureChildbirthObstetricsParturitionDelivery (Obstetrics)
Twilight Sleep
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: May 16, 2018
Twilight Sleep (Dammerschlaf) was a form of childbirth first used in the early twentieth century in Germany in which drugs caused women in labor to…
ObstetricsDelivery (Obstetrics)Labor (Obstetrics)ChildbirthScopolamine
James Young Simpson (1811–1870)
By: Nicole Erjavic
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
James Young Simpson was one of the first obstetricians to administer anesthesia during childbirth in nineteenth century Scotland. Before his work in…
ChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)ChloroformEther
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, (1752-1764) by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)
Intrauterine Pressure Catheter
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 18, 2017
An intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) is a device placed inside a pregnant woman’s uterus to monitor uterine contractions during labor. During…
TechnologyObstetricsChildbirthLabor (Obstetrics)Delivery (Obstetrics)
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia (1921–1996)
By: Olivia Mandile
| Published: Jul 02, 2017
Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia studied fetal health in Uruguay during the second half of the twentieth century. Caldeyro-Barcia developed Montevideo units,…
Fetal MonitoringMonitoring, FetalChildbirthDelivery (Obstetrics)Fetal heart rate monitoring
Evaluation of the Newborn Infant--Second Report (1958), by Virginia Apgar et al.
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Jun 10, 2017
Virginia Apgar and colleagues wrote “Evaluation of the Newborn Infant—Second Report” in 1958. This article explained that Apgar’s system for…
LiteratureApgar ScoreObstetricsChildbirthAnesthesiology
William Smellie (1697–1763)
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 30, 2017
William Smellie helped to incorporate scientific medicine into the process of childbirth in eighteenth century Britain. As a male physician…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)